How to erase a memory –- and restore it: Researchers reactivate memories in rats
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have erased and reactivated memories in rats, profoundly altering...
Neural Transplant Reduces Absence Epilepsy Seizures in Mice
New research from North Carolina State University pinpoints the areas of the cerebral cortex that are affected in mice with...
One step closer to a breath test for lung cancer
A test of organic compounds in exhaled breath can not only distinguish patients with lung cancer from patients with chronic...
Scientists control rapid re-wiring of brain circuits
In a new study, published in this week’s issue of the journal Science, researchers show for the first time how...
Skin grafts from genetically modified pigs
A specially-bred strain of miniature swine lacking the molecule responsible for the rapid rejection of pig-to-primate organ transplants may provide...
3-D bioprinting builds a better blood vessel
The tangled highway of blood vessels that twists and turns inside our bodies, delivering essential nutrients and disposing of hazardous...
Uncovering Clues to the Genetic Cause of Schizophrenia
The overall number and nature of mutations—rather than the presence of any single mutation—influences an individual’s risk of developing schizophrenia,...
New genetic sequencing methods mean quicker, cheaper, and accurate embryo screening
Results from the first study of the clinical application of next generation DNA sequencing (NGS) in screening embryos for genetic...
For the first time in the lab, researchers see stem cells take initial step toward development
The gap between stem cell research and regenerative medicine just became a lot narrower, thanks to a new technique that...
Research details how developing neurons sense a chemical cue
Symmetry is an inherent part of development. As an embryo, an organism’s brain and spinal cord, like the rest of...
Artificial lung the size of a sugar cube
What medications can be used to treat lung cancer, and how effective are they? Until now, drug companies have had...
Researchers use light to coax stem cells to regrow teeth
A Harvard-led team is the first to demonstrate the ability to use low-power light to trigger stem cells inside the...
Sperm cells are extremely efficient at swimming against a current
Like salmon traveling upstream to spawn, sperm cells are extremely efficient at swimming against the current, according to research to...
How DNA is ‘edited’ to correct genetic diseases
An international team of scientists has made a major step forward in our understanding of how enzymes ‘edit’ genes, paving...
Hybrid system mimics photosynthesis
Scientists from the University of Southampton, in collaboration with the Universities of Sheffield and Crete, have developed a new hybrid...
Learning early in life may help keep brain cells alive
Using your brain – particularly during adolescence – may help brain cells survive and could impact how the brain functions...
Using Thoughts to Control Airplanes
Pilots of the future could be able to control their aircraft by merely thinking commands. Scientists of the Technische Universität...
HIV can cut and paste in the human genome
For the first time researchers have succeeded in altering HIV virus particles so that they can simultaneously, as it were,...
Nature inspires drones of the future
Based on the mechanisms adopted by birds, bats, insects and snakes, 14 distinguished research teams have developed solutions to some...
Study Identifies How Signals Trigger Cancer Cells to Spread
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered a signaling pathway in cancer cells that controls...